Cyber Security Awareness and Vulnerabilities Blog

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The Internet of Things (IoT) stands to have a tremendous impact on business – and life – as we know it. Gartner estimates that by 2020 the IoT will grow to 26 billion units installed, and IoT product and service suppliers will generate…

Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) are a cybercrime category directed at business and political targets. APTs require a high degree of stealth over a prolonged duration of operation in order to be successful. The attack objectives typically extend beyond immediate financial gain, and compromised…

In a previous blog post, I described how I bypassed the patch for the first fix for CVE-2018-15422. That bypass was also discovered by other researchers as well. You can check that out in Cisco’s updated advisory. Now, WebExec was the name given to…

What is Penetration Testing? Penetration testing is a direct test of an application, a device, a website, an organization, and even the people that work at an organization. It first involves attempting to identify and then attempting to exploit different security weaknesses that can…

These days it seems like there are security solutions for almost everything except, the one thing you can never fully secure - humans. But, while you can’t control everything they open or click on, you can control their access to your sensitive data.…

Identity Governance and Administration is a complex and growing, set of solutions that are put in place to help your organization stay compliant with government or industry regulations and, perhaps more importantly, help secure your organization. However, with every new solution, there are…